Bulletin.



J. P. KEEGAN.

BULLETIN. APPLICATION FILED APR.23.1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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JAMES P. KEEGAN, OF PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK.

BULLE TIN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs P. KEEGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pleasantville, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bulletins.

The invention relates to bulletins and particularly to those intended for advertising. The invention has for its principal objects; the provision of an advertising sheet adapted to act as a carrier and protector for strips containing printed information of various kinds; and the provision of an arrangement of the kind described wherein the information strips are supported in a simple and convenient manner with only a limited portion thereof exposed to view at the front of the advertising sheet and wherein the strips are held flat against the back of the advertising sheet. One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of theface of the advertising sheet,

Figure 2 is a plan view ofone of the information strips, and

Figure 3 is a section on the line III-III of Figure 1.

The bulletin is designed to constitute an advertising medium, and comprises in its preferred form a large sheet of cardboard adapted to be hung upon the wall and bear.- ing upon its face any desired advertisements. The sheet is provided along its upper portion with a plurality of slots, which slots receive and support a plurality of long strips of cardboard indexed and paged containing information designed to be of interest, to the party or parties upon whose walls the bulletin is hung. For instance, when the bulletin is provided with advertisements of engineering supplies, it is placed in engine rooms and similar places, and the information strips contain information, tables, and other matter relating to engineering practice. The strips are supported at their upper ends in the bulletin with only a small portion projecting from the advertising sheet, whilethe body of the slips lie behind the sheet-and are protected and concealed thereby. The advertising sheet constitutes a holder and protector of a large number of information strips, and the hang- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 23, 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Serial No. 428,827.

2 and secured at their ends to the back of the sheet 1. The sheet "is provided at its upper portion with the slots 4,- for receiving the strips 2, which slots are substantially of a length equal to the width of the strips 2. The shoulders 5 are provided at the upper ends of the strips 2 for engaging the sheet adjacent the slots 4 and supporting the strips in position. Annular members 6 are secured at the top of the strips, whereby the strips may be easily withdrawn from the slots 4.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the advertising sheet 1 constitutes a holder and supporter fora large number of information strips 2, and that the parts are so arranged that only a very limited portion of the information strips is visible from the front of the bulletin. The holding bands 3 serve to press the strips 2 against the back of the sheet 1 and against each other, and the bulletin is thus maintained in more compact shape for handling, and the information strips may be kept cleaner than would be the case if no means were provided for holding them securely against the back of the advertising sheet.

.Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, What I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent is the following 2 1. I11 combination, an advertising sheet provided at its upper portion with a plurality of sets of closely spaced longitudinal slots 4, and having the space beneath such slots blank for the reception of advertising matter, and a series of information strips 2 fitting the slots and extending to a point adjacent the bottom of the sheet, the said strips being provided at their upper ends with stop members 5 adapted to maintain the strips in position.

2. In combination, an advertising sheet provided at its upper portion with a plurality of sets of closely spaced longitudinal slots 4, and having the space beneath such slots blank for the reception of advertising matter, In testimony whereof I have hereunto and a series of information strips 2 of a width signed my name in the presence of the two substantially equal to the length of the slots subscribed witnesses.

and extending downwardly through such JAMES P. KEEGANi slots, and laterally projecting shoulders 5 at Witnesses: the tops of the strips for maintaining them H. E. WAsHBURN,

inposition. E. G. HORTON. 

